Well the 3rd Annual UK Police Unity Tour is over. It ended with ano eye wateringly big one .
Today was a 9 miles ride for our bunch of around 125 into the National Memorial Arboretum for the COPS survivors weekend.
We were honoured by COPS to be awarded their volunteer of the year award. I feel humbled as all we do is have a (nice?) bike ride.
The Memorial Service is as always eye watering when you gear the survivors tales. I am not even going to try to put in words the accounts we heard.
COPS work to rebuild shattered lives and thanks to your donations we were able to hand over a cheque for £75,000 to COPS from this year’s ride.
To think in 2013 20+ idiots on bikes set off on a ride and now we raised that much in one ride this year.
Thank you all.
There is still time to donate at http://www.justgiving.com/Spen-666
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About spen666
I'm a 50 something football fan and occasional cyclist.
I've been a football fanatic most of my life and have completed the 92 football league & premier league grounds previously. I have 1 left to rejoin the 92 club. Added to this numerous non league grounds, a number abroad and you start to get the picture.
I took up cycling in around 2000. Although my father was a former World Vets Champion, I got into cycling accompanying my son to ride in London. This was followed by my commuting to work each day into Central London. Then doing some Sunday rides, then some audax events (www.audax.uk.net) and then a week's cycling holiday in France with a friend. From there, I got more and more into cycling and in 2009 completed LEJoG and in 2010 rode in the USA with the Police Unity Tour. I completed blogs for those events at www.aminearlythere.blogspot.com and www.bothesidesofthepond.blogspot.com Feel free to read them and learn more about me. I now am one of the organising committee for the UK Police Unity Tour (www.ukpoliceunitytour.org )
I live alone which suits me as it gives me time at weekends to pursue my interests of cycling and football. (Well what did you expect me to say? That I'm sad at being single?)
I'm currently looking for my next challenge. Any suggestions gratefully received.
